Taylor Swift set to testify at Denver groping trial: "Never been so sure of anything in my life"

Pre-trial documents suggest music superstar Taylor Swift is determined to reveal in graphic detail a nasty secret that she kept hidden for years until it was released to the world by the same man she accuses of sexual assault.

"Ms. Swift ... will testify at trial, that (radio talk show host David) Mueller 'put his hand under (her) dress and grabbed (her) bare ass,' " according to a motion filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Denver by her three Washington, D.C. attorneys. Swift intends to testify that she has "never been so sure of anything in (her) life.

Swift, who was 23 at the time of the alleged assault, is "absolutely certain of what Mueller did" and that it was intentional and "not an accident," the document says. Swift never reported the incident to Denver police and did not acknowledge the alleged sexual assault until Mueller filed a civil lawsuit against her more than two years later in 2015.

The defense motion confirms that Swift will testify at the trial. The document was filed as a proposed "final pretrial order."

Mueller, who was 51 and identified on radio as "Jackson," claims that on June 2, 2013, Swift and co-defendants including her mother Andrea Swift, falsely accused him of improperly touching Swift at a pre-concert meet-and-greet at the Pepsi Center and then pressured his employer, Lincoln Financial, to fire him. He was fired two days later.

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Swift claims that while she told her mother that Mueller lifted her dress and grabbed her that neither she nor her mother spoke with his bosses at KYGO. Although her manager, Frank Bell, notified KYGO officials about the incident, "at no time did Mr. Bell, or any other defendant, ask KYGO to take any specific action."

The document says that seven KYGO personnel participated in an investigation of the incident, which included reviewing a photograph witnesses consider "damning," before independently firing Mueller for violating the morality clause of his contract.

Swift countersued Mueller claiming assault and battery and is seeking reimbursement for attorneys fees and costs in defending a "frivolous lawsuit," the document says. It asserts defenses of "unclean hands" based on Mueller's "wrongful, unconscionable" conduct.

The motion by the defense attorneys lists the names of witnesses planning to testify at the trial set to begin on Aug. 7. In addition to Swift, those witness include her mother and her manager.

Swift did not know Mueller before the incident and she didn't direct anyone to have Mueller fired, the motion says.

"She will also testify that she had no reason or motive to accuse Mueller of inappropriately touching her," the motion says.

Other witnesses will include Swift's photographer, who took the photograph that captured the alleged assault, and will testify about Swift's reaction. Swift's bodyguard Greg Dent, who was present when the photograph was taken, also will testify about Mueller's conduct.

Expert witnesses will include economist Jeffrey Opp, who will testify about damages caused by Mueller's "defamation." Jason Briody, director of forensic services at Atlanta Data Forensics, will testify regarding the destruction by Mueller of a two-hour recording of the interview between him and his bosses the day before he was fired. Last week, U.S. District Judge William Martinez sanctioned Mueller for destroying four devices potentially containing the recording including his computer, cellular phone and iPad.

Bayard de Volo, chair and associate professor of women and gender studies at the University of Colorado, will testify about emotional and psychological traits associated with victims of sexual assault and harassment.

The document indicates that Mueller and Swift's attorneys engaged in settlement discussions, but details about those discussions were sealed.

"Counsel for the parties have no current plans to hold future conferences, but are open to continuing settlement discussions," the motion says.

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